jonathaningram opened a new issue, #35179: URL: https://github.com/apache/beam/issues/35179
### What would you like to happen? I would like to be able to have `ReadFromPubSub` understand that an incoming field in my message payload might be null, and that's OK. I want this to work: ```yaml pipeline: source: type: ReadFromPubSub config: subscription: "sub" format: JSON schema: type: object properties: id: { type: string } event_subtype: { type: string } # <-- this causes a failure if message does not have this field ``` But it fails with `KeyError: 'event_subtype'`. Expand below to see the stack trace. <details> ``` Error message from worker: generic::unknown: Traceback (most recent call last): File "apache_beam/runners/common.py", line 1495, in apache_beam.runners.common.DoFnRunner.process File "apache_beam/runners/common.py", line 684, in apache_beam.runners.common.SimpleInvoker.invoke_process File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/apache_beam/transforms/core.py", line 2086, in <lambda> wrapper = lambda x: [fn(x)] ^^^^^ File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/apache_beam/yaml/yaml_io.py", line 380, in mapper values = parser(msg.data).as_dict() ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/apache_beam/yaml/json_utils.py", line 224, in parse return to_row(o) ^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/apache_beam/yaml/json_utils.py", line 191, in <lambda> {name: convert(value[name]) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/apache_beam/yaml/json_utils.py", line 191, in <dictcomp> {name: convert(value[name]) ~~~~~^^^^^^ KeyError: 'event_subtype' During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/apache_beam/runners/worker/sdk_worker.py", line 313, in _execute response = task() ^^^^^^ File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/apache_beam/runners/worker/sdk_worker.py", line 388, in <lambda> lambda: self.create_worker().do_instruction(request), request) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/apache_beam/runners/worker/sdk_worker.py", line 658, in do_instruction return getattr(self, request_type)( ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/apache_beam/runners/worker/sdk_worker.py", line 696, in process_bundle bundle_processor.process_bundle(instruction_id)) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/apache_beam/runners/worker/bundle_processor.py", line 1274, in process_bundle input_op_by_transform_id[element.transform_id].process_encoded( File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/apache_beam/runners/worker/bundle_processor.py", line 237, in process_encoded self.output(decoded_value) File "apache_beam/runners/worker/operations.py", line 566, in apache_beam.runners.worker.operations.Operation.output File "apache_beam/runners/worker/operations.py", line 568, in apache_beam.runners.worker.operations.Operation.output File "apache_beam/runners/worker/operations.py", line 259, in apache_beam.runners.worker.operations.SingletonElementConsumerSet.receive File "apache_beam/runners/worker/operations.py", line 262, in apache_beam.runners.worker.operations.SingletonElementConsumerSet.receive File "apache_beam/runners/worker/operations.py", line 949, in apache_beam.runners.worker.operations.DoOperation.process File "apache_beam/runners/worker/operations.py", line 950, in apache_beam.runners.worker.operations.DoOperation.process File "apache_beam/runners/common.py", line 1497, in apache_beam.runners.common.DoFnRunner.process File "apache_beam/runners/common.py", line 1585, in apache_beam.runners.common.DoFnRunner._reraise_augmented File "apache_beam/runners/common.py", line 1495, in apache_beam.runners.common.DoFnRunner.process File "apache_beam/runners/common.py", line 683, in apache_beam.runners.common.SimpleInvoker.invoke_process File "apache_beam/runners/common.py", line 1680, in apache_beam.runners.common._OutputHandler.handle_process_outputs File "apache_beam/runners/common.py", line 1793, in apache_beam.runners.common._OutputHandler._write_value_to_tag File "apache_beam/runners/worker/operations.py", line 262, in apache_beam.runners.worker.operations.SingletonElementConsumerSet.receive File "apache_beam/runners/worker/operations.py", line 949, in apache_beam.runners.worker.operations.DoOperation.process File "apache_beam/runners/worker/operations.py", line 950, in apache_beam.runners.worker.operations.DoOperation.process File "apache_beam/runners/common.py", line 1497, in apache_beam.runners.common.DoFnRunner.process File "apache_beam/runners/common.py", line 1585, in apache_beam.runners.common.DoFnRunner._reraise_augmented File "apache_beam/runners/common.py", line 1495, in apache_beam.runners.common.DoFnRunner.process File "apache_beam/runners/common.py", line 683, in apache_beam.runners.common.SimpleInvoker.invoke_process File "apache_beam/runners/common.py", line 1680, in apache_beam.runners.common._OutputHandler.handle_process_outputs File "apache_beam/runners/common.py", line 1793, in apache_beam.runners.common._OutputHandler._write_value_to_tag File "apache_beam/runners/worker/operations.py", line 262, in apache_beam.runners.worker.operations.SingletonElementConsumerSet.receive File "apache_beam/runners/worker/operations.py", line 949, in apache_beam.runners.worker.operations.DoOperation.process File "apache_beam/runners/worker/operations.py", line 950, in apache_beam.runners.worker.operations.DoOperation.process File "apache_beam/runners/common.py", line 1497, in apache_beam.runners.common.DoFnRunner.process File "apache_beam/runners/common.py", line 1606, in apache_beam.runners.common.DoFnRunner._reraise_augmented File "apache_beam/runners/common.py", line 1495, in apache_beam.runners.common.DoFnRunner.process File "apache_beam/runners/common.py", line 684, in apache_beam.runners.common.SimpleInvoker.invoke_process File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/apache_beam/transforms/core.py", line 2086, in <lambda> wrapper = lambda x: [fn(x)] ^^^^^ File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/apache_beam/yaml/yaml_io.py", line 380, in mapper values = parser(msg.data).as_dict() ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/apache_beam/yaml/json_utils.py", line 224, in parse return to_row(o) ^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/apache_beam/yaml/json_utils.py", line 191, in <lambda> {name: convert(value[name]) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/apache_beam/yaml/json_utils.py", line 191, in <dictcomp> {name: convert(value[name]) ~~~~~^^^^^^ KeyError: "event_subtype [while running 'read_from_pubsub/ParseMessage-ptransform-44']" passed through: ==> dist_proc/dax/workflow/worker/fnapi_service_impl.cc:1334 ``` </details> I've tried two things to make this work: ```yaml event_subtype: { type: ["string", "null"] } ``` Which fails with `ValueError: Error applying transform "ReadFromPubSub" at line 5: unhashable type: 'list'`. And: ```yaml event_subtype: oneOf: - type: "string" - type: "null" ``` Which fails with `ValueError: Error applying transform "ReadFromPubSub" at line 5: Malformed type {'oneOf': [{'type': 'string'}, {'type': None}]}.`. In my case, when publishing to Pub/Sub `event_subtype` is actually omitted from the JSON bytes if it's empty (`json:"event_subtype,omitempty"` in Go). So in this case it's not actually `null`, it's just not there but I thought I'd try the above anyway. Is there an existing solution here or do I have to solve this by changing the shape of the data at publish time? ### Issue Priority Priority: 2 (default / most feature requests should be filed as P2) ### Issue Components - [ ] Component: Python SDK - [ ] Component: Java SDK - [ ] Component: Go SDK - [ ] Component: Typescript SDK - [ ] Component: IO connector - [x] Component: Beam YAML - [ ] Component: Beam examples - [ ] Component: Beam playground - [ ] Component: Beam katas - [ ] Component: Website - [ ] Component: Infrastructure - [ ] Component: Spark Runner - [ ] Component: Flink Runner - [ ] Component: Samza Runner - [ ] Component: Twister2 Runner - [ ] Component: Hazelcast Jet Runner - [ ] Component: Google Cloud Dataflow Runner -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. 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